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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457625703321

Titolo

Fiscal federalism and European economic integration / / edited by Mark Baimbridge and Philip Whyman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-53876-6

1-280-14080-1

0-203-98725-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the European economy ; ; 13

Altri autori (Persone)

BaimbridgeMark

WhymanPhilip

Disciplina

339.5/2/094

Soggetti

Intergovernmental fiscal relations - European Union countries

Budget - European Union countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: fiscal federalism and EMU: an appraisal; An essay on fiscal federalism; The political economy of EMU and the EU Stability Pact; The development of EU budgetary measures and the rise of structural funding; The development of the EU Budget and EMU; Stabilization in EMU: a critical review; Fiscal and monetary policies; Australia's federal experience; Fiscal federalism in Switzerland: a public choice approach

Fiscal institutions, regional adjustment and convergence in Canada's currency union: lessons for EMUIndex

Sommario/riassunto

The pace of economic integration amongst European Union (EU) member states has accelerated considerably during the past decade, highlighted by the process of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Many aspects of the EU's apparatus, however, have failed to evolve in order to meets these new challenges. This book explores the issue of fiscal federalism within the context of EU integration from theoretical, historical, policy and global perspectives. It contrasts the pace of integration amongst EU member states with the failure of financial and



administrative apparatus to evolve to encompass fiscal